Ranking Every PRINCE Album!

[@SirHilaryManfat]

Nice list. I was surprised (and disappointed) by your placing of the Gold Album, but I love that you've put Emancipation so highly. Such an underrated album.

[@dominiquejones3805]

I love disc 2 of Emancipation

[@boondoggle4820]

So true about Emancipation. There is so much high quality stylistic variety on that album where Prince is experimenting and the songs are really great (and I say this even though about half of the first disc often sounds the same, but gems like Courtin’ Time, Damned If I Do and In This Bed I Scream make it absolutely worth the ride, and even more standard 90s R&B songs like Somebody’s Somebody are really good).

[@KnotPhound]

Yeah, like how could you put The Gold Experience in such a low place? It is one of Prince's five best albums.

[@Chritin]

P. Control is one of the greatest prince songs of all time in my opinion

[@Chritin]

@Tony cool…

[@ebenezeramare1]

How??? It's the most headache inducing of his discography

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

Lol it’s a fun song

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

It's forgettable. Prince is one of the greats, but can we stop being over-the-top fangirls pretending that every song he ever made is some kind of all-time masterpiece? The Gold Experience is a bit overrated in general. I like "Endorphinmachine," "Shhh," and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World." I love "Billy Jack B*tch" and "Gold." But the rest of that album doesn't do much for me.

[@gyrozeppeli00]

​@@AbbeyRoadkill1gold experience is not even one of his best imo, still a very good album though

[@jeffs9300]

Interesting to hear your rankings as a very new Prince fan. Good stuff! I've been a fan since 1982. LOL. Don't sleep on all the unreleased bootleg material! Better than the albums, imho, and there's so much of it. Good job, man!

[@erick_perez633]

Here's my top 10 1.Parade 2.Purple Rain 3.Sign O The Times 4.The Gold Experience 5.Graffiti Bridge 6.Prince 1979 7.Diamonds and Pearls 8.Batman soundtrack 9.Dirty Mind 10.For You

[@ruebencristobal7790]

Great list. Graffiti Bridge & Batman Soundtrack are underrated

[@michaelfrazia4569]

wow...cool list...no 1999...interesting...ive been a prince fan since I heard that album at 8...till this day it's my favorite...I love the albums you put on your list, but I found it interesting you didn't put 1999 on. I find it was his most groundbreaking album

[@abbyhelms8056]

Stunning choices!!! I love your takes! Love symbol is an underrated gem! Maybe try Chaos and Disorder again though, it’s pretty darn good! Great list!

[@RayofHIStory]

thank you!

[@sebastian_reu9220]

Love this Video! Subscribed :)!! Huge Bowie, MJ, JJ and Prince Fan!

[@jorgeivangalindo]

I am a big prince fans, and you make a very good list , i thnik you aprecciate his music and legacy,

[@andrewedwards8238]

Big respect. So far you are the only ranking of all of Prince's genius releases on Y Tube.

[@japhetvesagas1748]

my top 10 1. Purple rain 2. 1999 3. around the world in a day 4. sign o the times 5. parade 6. prince 7. hitnrun phase 2 8. controversy 9. musicology 10.for you

[@ruebencristobal7790]

10. Dirty Mind 9. Love Sexy 8. Batman 7. Love Symbol Album 6. Diamonds & Pearl's 5. Sign O' The Times 4..Parade 3. Purple Rain 2. Around The World In A Day 1. 1999

[@sherkonia644]

Emancipation being so high negates any problems I may have had with your list. Massive respect for that, That's patrician as fuck

[@Tarantulisimo]

I have no problem with a long album, as long as it's coherent & not too meandering -- Initially, critics said these things about SOTT, but over time it came to be known as one of his masterpieces

[@curly_wyn]

Robert Christgau gave SOTT an “A+” which is of course a perfect score, and I fully agree. It is Prince’s magnum opus. :)

[@Tarantulisimo]

@@curly_wyn yes he did -- one of the only critics to do so at the time

[@chrisshill1252]

Thank you for this. Huge Prince fanatic here!

[@christophermackinnon2724]

great stuff my man keep it us prince was the man

[@kanesgirl623]

10. Parade 09. The Gold Experience 08. Lotus Flower 07. Diamonds And Pearls 06. Emancipation 05. Around The World In A Day 04. Come 03. Graffiti Bridge 02. Sign 'O' The Times 01. The Love Symbol

[@ruebencristobal7790]

Interesting list

[@dominiquejones3805]

Gold Experience is my 90s Prince album

[@dominiquejones3805]

Louts Flower is dope

[@ricardomendez7803]

Strange that you missed The Black Album

[@dominiquejones3805]

​@Sascha D old Friends is hard

[@elorapowell7355]

Amazing you managed to do all this in 18 minutes!

[@Tarantulisimo]

There's a difference between my list personal faves & his most critically acclaimed as well as his most successful albums, but sometimes an album checks all 3 boxes like Purple Rain...

[@CortinasAndClassics]

What do you make of The Vault..Old friends 4 sale?

[@dominiquejones3805]

Just ordered my physical copy. It's 2 good 4 him not 2 promote it

[@josephsantagada9191]

My favourite album is Signs of the times followed by 1999...

[@RayofHIStory]

Both great albums!

[@ruebencristobal7790]

1999 all the way for me...

[@dominiquejones3805]

Way ahead of their time

[@curly_wyn]

1. Sign “☮️” the Times 2. 1999 3. Dirty Mind 4. Parade 5. Purple Rain 6. The Gold Experience 7. Prince 8. The Gold Experience 9. The Love Symbol 10. The Black Album

[@dominiquejones3805]

I really like your list. I'm not a fan of The Black Album. I'd swap that out with Emancipation

[@dominiquejones3805]

U really like The Gold Experience 😅

[@ΤΖΙΝΟΣΛΑΜΠΙΡΗΣ]

1.Purple Rain 2.Sign O the times 3.1999 4.Dirty Mind 5.Around the world in a day 6.Parade 7.Controversy 8.Lovesexy 9.Love symbol 10.Black album

[@fabianvaldivia1874]

10) Emancipation 09) Musicology 08) The Black Album 07) Diamonds and Pearls 06) Purple Rain 05) Controversy 04) Originals (kind of cheating but I don't care) 03) Sign 'O' The Times 02) 1999 01) Dirty Mind

[@msmarch33192]

If we are doing cheats do not forget the B sides

[@ruebencristobal7790]

Originals are badass

[@josephsantagada9191]

Great review of Prince .... Been listening to Prince since the album for you, but kinda stopped early 90’s. recently purchased a few of the newer ones from your review & just loving the music... 😊🤩

[@RayofHIStory]

Ah I’m so glad! Enjoy!

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

I'm wearing my Prince For You album T-shirt that I bought from hot topic right now. Correction: it was released in 78'.

[@dominiquejones3805]

Yo where did u find that Tee

[@MichaelSevilla97]

great list couldn't agree more with having diamonds and pearls in the top 5 sign o times purple rain 1999 are by far prince's 3 greatest albums

[@willthomas2310]

1. Love symbol 2. Purple Rain 3. Around the world in a day 4. Lovesexy 5. 1999 6. Gold Experience 7. Sign o the times 8. Diamonds and pearls 9. Controversy 10. Prince 11. Emancipation 12. Graffiti Bridge 13. Batman 14. Parade 15. Rainbow Children

[@erikblanton9949]

I like your view on emancipation.... very underrated ! Holy river all time best song

[@jonathanduquec.8167]

1. Dirty Mind 2. Sign O The Times 3. 1999 4. Purple Rain 5. Girl 6 6. Parade 7. LoveSymbol 8. Controversy 9. The Gold Experience 10. Originals 11. Love Sexy 12. Graffiti Bridge 13. Emancipation 14. Prince 15. Art Official Age 16. Around the world in a day 17. Batman 18. 3121

[@dominiquejones3805]

Respectable list

[@danaosmilie9678]

Thank you so much! Thanks for having patience

[@hoosierfan4life836]

Gold Experience and Lovesexy are Top 6 albums of Prince all time. On anyone’s list. I wonder how many you listens you have both. They are masterful from top to bottem. I wish U Heaven and Glam Slam are badass. Not a bad song on Gold.

[@JonathanEmprendedor]

My new top 20 studio albums (before listening his new album and all his discography again) 1. Sign O the times 2. Dirty Mind 3. 1999 4. Purple Rain 6. Love Symbol 7. Parade 8. The Gold Experience 9. Lovesexy 10. Controversy 11. Graffiti Bridge 12. The Black Album 13. 3121. 14. Art Official Age 15. Prince 16. Around the world in a day 17. Emancipation 18. Welcome 2 America 19. Planet Earth 20. Musicology

[@ruebencristobal7790]

Musicology to me is a decent album, a good sometimes. But overrated for me personally. Love Symbol Album is a bit underrated

[@Royocentral1030]

Great list. 1. lovesexy 2. Sign o the times 3. Love symbol 4. Musicology 5. Emancipation 6. Come 7. Diamonds and pearls 8. Purple Rain 9. The Gold Experience 10. 1999 Honorable mentions: The Black Album. I’d put it on my list but idk if it would count since you were mainly talking about officially released projects and the black album was more of a project he didn’t want to put out.

[@Activation1111]

My Prince 💜 favorite Top 10 album List & More: 1. Purple Rain 2. 1999 3. Sign of the times 4. Dirty Mind 5. Parade 6. Controversy 7. Prince 8. For you 9. Around the world in a day 10. The Black album 💜 7 LP Honorable mentions: 1. Love Sexy 2. The Family 3. Come 4. The Exodus 5. The Time 6. Vanity 6 7. 8 💜 Prince’s Purple Hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥 13 B-Side singles Joints: 1. Erotic city 2. She’s always in my hair 3. irresistible bitch 4. How come you don’t call me anymore 5. Alexa De Paris 6. A father song 7. Girl 8. All My Dreams 9. Love or the money 10. Shockadelica 11. Insatiable 12. Horny toad 13. Chocolate 💜💜💜💜 Prince was a prolific songwriter. I can only imagine what his work ethic must have been back in the 80s - 90s And throughout his entire career. He is the definition of a true artist. Along with his outstanding guitar playing and performances. The very first track on Prince’s very first album entitled “For You”,, Prince tells you/all of us,, exactly what his life mission & contribution is going to be. Can you imagine what type of foresight & personal & artistic maturity,, that young man must have had. To predict his future so accurately? Prince was truly one of a kind💜 My entire list is subject to change,, depending on my mood 🤣🤣🤣 But for today,, that’s it💜💜💜💜💜

[@Makaveli-ih5hy]

For me its something along the lines of 1. 1999 2. Sign O The Times 3. Purple Rain 4. Diamonds and Pearls 5. Controversy 6. Prince 7. Around The World In a Day 8. The Gold Experience 9. Parade 10. Graffiti Bridge

[@dustyroze150]

💜 my top best 10 Prince albums plus bonus: 1."81"Controversy 2."85"Around The W🌎rld In A Day 3."88"Lovesexy 4."82"1999 5."84"Purple Rain☔ 6."87"Sign Of X's 7."86"Parade 8."90"Graffiti Bridge 9."89"Batman 10."95"The Gold Experience Bonus:"80"Dirty Mind 🎵

[@urban_stories]

Nice list! My top ten: 1. Purple Rain 2. Sign o the times 3. 1999 4. The gold experience 5. Parade 6. Planet Earth 7. Diamonds and Pearls 8. Around the world in a day 9. Prince 10. Graffiti Bridge

[@dominiquejones3805]

I've never seen some1 have Planet Earth that high

[@Tarantulisimo]

Prince kinda seemed to have a problem walking the line between commercialism (short song lengths, potential hit singles, marketing) & his artistic/experimental desires & inclinations -- led to a lot of variety in his catalog, but not much accessibility for a new or casual fan

[@christophermackinnon2724]

the deluxe albums are smoking man really funky and diamonds pearls out 27 th

[@chuckmissildine2894]

Strange but true fact sometimes it snows in April came out in 1986 here in Florence Alabama in 1986 we had one of the worst snow and ice storms ever and it occurred as you guessed it in the month of April which made this song and album even more profound

[@Tarantulisimo]

I'm a Prince fan, but I don't automatically feel obligated to love & defend all his albums like most superfans do -- some of his albums are just weak as a whole. However, I love the fact that there's so much music out there in so many different genres, & I always respected Prince's artisitc risks

[@ryanmelton3679]

To each their own but you had a lot of really great albums on the backend...Gold Experience, Crystal Ball, Chaos and Disorder, even LotusFlow3r...those could all be bumped way up into the top half of his work lol. Both Hit N Run Albums, Art Offical Age, Come, Rave, those could all take the place of the aforementioned albums...Prince is a ROCKSTAR, let those guitar driven albums loose baby!!!

[@dominiquejones3805]

Definitely The Gold Experience

[@dominiquejones3805]

I agree with u

[@eboiman6082]

I think you'd enjoy some of his other albums like newpower soul (1998) and maybe the undertaker (1994)

[@magicslave3066]

Man you make me drool

[@ilovejunetoo]

I'm Kinda late to the Party... but here's my Top 10 (purely for fun) anyways 10. Rave Un2+In2 the Joy Fantastic🤍💙🤍 9. 1999 💜💜💜 8. [Love Symbol] 🤍💛🤍 7. Planet Earth 💛❤️🧡 6. The Black Album 🖤🖤🖤 5. Sign "O" the Times 💛🧡💛 4. Music from Graffiti Bridge 🤍💚💙 3. Lovesexy 💜🍑🤍 2. 3121 🖤🤍🧡 1. The Gold Experience 🧡💛🧡 Some Honorable Mentions - • Purple Rain 💜💜 💜 • Parade 🖤🤍🖤 • LOtUSFLOW3R ❤️💜💙

[@arvpreenja3090]

Really nice choices. Surprised by Grafitti Bridge being so high on many lists. Seems like fans and critics don't agree on that one. Joy in Repetition saves that album for me. I wonder why Around the World In A Day isn't mentioned more often by fans.

[@knotwilg3596]

I was a teenager in the 80s so presumably witnessed Prince at his peak. I'd say For You and Prince (the album) are his coming of age, prime Prince starting at Dirty Mind and ending somewhere at the Black Album/Lovesexi period where Prince allegedly started to produce mediocre albums deliberately as part of a feud with his record company. On occasion he "returned to form" but he never went back to being in tune with the public at large and mostly kept either satisfying or even disappointing his loyal following. A bizarre aspect of his artistry is that his performances on stage remained extraordinary much longer than his record output did. I came to this list after having acquired 2010 2nd hand and was not too disappointed listening to it. It's bland at times but it does have hooks and arrangements that pleasantly surprised me. The same goes for Plectrumelectrum, which isn't featured here due to being a "collaboration" but I think it's 100% a Prince album. It has the same interesting mix of run of the mill songs and occasional gems. I keep wondering what was really going on in his head. Having been the most accomplished artist of the 80s, how he kept going for so long in twilight mode, is a true mystery.

[@ericcampbell6370]

I don't think I could ever determine an exact ranking order. My favorites are everything from the first decade, For You all the way to Lovesexy, including The Black Album . I'm more selective about his post-80's output. I would like some songs but not others. My favorites here are The Rainbow Children, Lotusflow3r and The Truth. I also admire N.E.W.S. , but you'd probably have to be a musician and a Jazz and World music enthusiast in order to appreciate it. My least favorite Prince album ever is HITnRUN Phase One. It's bland and uninspired. The only redeeming moment for me is June. I'm also lukewarm on 20ten, 3121 and Musicology. They were more about pleasing the marketplace, which is something that always puts me off about any recordings. I greatly prefer when artists err on the side of creativity.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

we are the same type of fan of prince..his first decade and a half I love it all...after that I am more selective...1999 is still my favorite...I heard it at 8 when it first came out and naturally loved it...looking back I find it was his best mixture of early raw prince and megastar prince...its punk, funk, new wave /new romantic, rock, soul, gospel etc ...delirious, let's pretend we're married, and automatic are my favorites off of it...the album versions are so great

[@brendonl624]

Really cannot understand how you have Gold in the 20s..cmon dude, it's a brilliant album..easily a top 10

[@RayofHIStory]

It is brilliant! Just not one of my favourites 😀

[@nicholasnelson7829]

the gold experience is a top 5 album not 20

[@greenishscott6830]

Agreed, I mean Shh, Gold, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World, Endorphinmachine, P control, they're amazing.

[@dominiquejones3805]

Right. Eye Hate U

[@michaeledwards6249]

Sign o the Times trumps everything, then Lovesexy (very similar thematically), and Controversy and 1999 I tend to rank together, then Purple Rain

[@bridges4232]

My top 5 1: purple rain 2: 1999 3: sign of the times 4: controversy 5: Batman

[@frankbrown4513]

What song on "Planet Earth" is named Chelsea Furgeson? I think you mean "Chelsea Rodgers". Good funky song. Sung with Shelby J. And inspired by the clothing designer Chelsea Rodgers (CR)

[@RayofHIStory]

Lmao you know what I meant 🤪

[@frankbrown4513]

I know, but I was lmao that I had to reply to it. Good list though. It would be hard for me to rank them since there are so many styles. If you get a chance check out "The Black Album", "The Chocolate Invasion, and "The Slaughter House"

[@RayofHIStory]

Haha I don’t blame you! I make some silly mistakes with what I say watching this back 🤪😂thank you! Yeah I really need to, so many albums and so much talent, my list would probably change again making this list now!

[@Tarantulisimo]

For You (& the Prince album) was bascially WB's attempt to market Prince as the next Stevie Wonder & pigeonhole him as an R&B performer -- & that's totally understandable from the label's POV at the time -- so overall it's somewhat unremarkable in the whole scheme of his work & in contrast to what was coming 2 albums later....

[@dominiquejones3805]

Earth Wind & Fire also

[@dominiquejones3805]

I freaking love For You

[@chuckmissildine2894]

Dude much respect you for ranking Prince as a new fan however you incorrectly called a song Chelsea Ferguson and in actuality the name of the song is Chelsea Rodgers

[@RayofHIStory]

I am aware lol

[@silvialeyva5555]

I love Batdance

[@SallyKinley-4prn]

My top ten albums are 1. The Gold Experience 2. Emancipation 3. New Power Soul 4. Sign o the Times, 5. The Love Symbol Album 6. Batman album 7. Diamonds and Pearls 8. Come 9. Purple Rain 10. Musicology...but i must give a special mention to both Controversy and 3121.

[@garyskadra5236]

5 - Prince (1979) 4 - Parade 3 - Around The World In A Day 2 - 1999 1 - Purple Rain

[@dominiquejones3805]

No Sign o The Times of Dirty Mind?

[@jaymejoshua575]

I take it you didn’t really listen to the 3121 album, or else you would have said “thirty one, twenty one” instead of saying the album was “three one two one” lol

[@ruebencristobal7790]

Top 10 ( personal) 10. Dirty Mind 9. Love Sexy 8. Batman 7. Love Symbol Album 6. Diamonds & Pearl's 5. Signs O' The Times 4. Parade 3. Purple Rain 2. Around The World in a Day 1. 1999

[@coimbralaw]

Batman soundtrack was his best album.

[@dominiquejones3805]

I never really dug The Batman album, but 2 each it's on

[@Moneytane1976]

Funkinroll - Da fuk? It is called Art Official Age and the song is called Funknroll.

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

For me: 1. Tie between Sign o the Times/Crystal Ball 2. Purple Rain 3. Parade 4. Batman 5. 1999

[@rslja5700]

Can you do a review on prince vs Elton John

[@dominiquejones3805]

20Ten is ranked higher than most of the 2000s albums. Seemed like leftovers but still better than the average

[@joshuaogden1296]

Have u ever listened to the black album

[@shewolfcub3]

Good list but I feel you slept on Controversy, that album is pure gold

[@RayofHIStory]

It is!

[@yoan658]

Here's my top 5 Gold Experience For You Rainbow Children Prince Around The World In A Day

[@dominiquejones3805]

Now that's a different list but I like it. Gold Experience stays n rotation as well as For You. I recently order Rainbow Children.i been listening 2 Dirty Mind non stop this week

[@jjjones8609]

I hate you has an extended version it is great. Suggest you listen to it.

[@antonioalghul9498]

Batman1989 soundtrack?????????

[@shewolfcub3]

Parade is high up for me in his top 5

[@Outlaw2739]

Sign o times, 1999,Purple Rain,Controversy

[@chuckmissildine2894]

Alright dude we can only give you so many free passes ...you once again called something wrong and I got to correct you.. funknroll was the name of a song off of the album art official age

[@dominiquejones3805]

Art Official was a good album

[@user-ys3qq6rf6z]

around the world dirty work parade

[@scarlett7613]

🥰

[@aricfroze8971]

Do Bob Dylan next, and don’t you dare skip the Christian records.

[@mrmacson6125]

Every album after the gold experience is a bit trash

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

I wouldn’t say “trash”, but he definitely fell off after gold experience. You can only produce so much content before you gas out.

[@Tarantulisimo]

Unfortunately, Grafitti Bridge will forever be anchored to & weighed down by the horrible dreadful movie it's asscoaited with

[@tedmontana2745]

So random

[@Moneytane1976]

Good to see you rank Rainbow children so low, it is overrated tosh, yet most Prince fans (Who are straight and Male) seem to think its really good and its not, even with the repellent and hateful lyrics the music and performances are mediocre at best. Good to see that like me, you don't think everything he did was perfect - he was a genius, but he made and issued a lot of rubbish as well.

[@MichaelSevilla97]

not alot of rubbish what matters is prince made more solid albums and songs than any solo artist don't disrespect prince empty headed 🤡✌